Urban
adjective
Relating to a city or populated area.
Many people enjoy the excitement of urban life.
Often appears as...
- urban area
- urban development
adjective
Having the sophistication or coolness associated with city life.
Her style is very urban chic.
Often appears as...
- urban fashion
- urban music
adjective
Relating to a city or populated area.
Many people enjoy the excitement of urban life.
Often appears as...
- urban area
- urban development
adjective
Having the sophistication or coolness associated with city life.
Her style is very urban chic.
Often appears as...
- urban fashion
- urban music
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3City Contrast
Use 'urban' to differentiate city life from rural or suburban contexts.
Urban areas often have taller buildings than rural ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Population Density
'Urban' implies high population density and infrastructure developed for living close together.
Urban neighborhoods are densely populated and bustling with activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Challenges
Mention 'urban' to discuss social issues specific to cities, like housing or public transportation.
Urban challenges include traffic congestion and affordable housing.
Pro Tip 1/3City Contrast
Use 'urban' to differentiate city life from rural or suburban contexts.
Urban areas often have taller buildings than rural ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Population Density
'Urban' implies high population density and infrastructure developed for living close together.
Urban neighborhoods are densely populated and bustling with activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Challenges
Mention 'urban' to discuss social issues specific to cities, like housing or public transportation.
Urban challenges include traffic congestion and affordable housing.
Pro Tip 1/3City Contrast
Use 'urban' to differentiate city life from rural or suburban contexts.
Urban areas often have taller buildings than rural ones.
Pro Tip 2/3Population Density
'Urban' implies high population density and infrastructure developed for living close together.
Urban neighborhoods are densely populated and bustling with activity.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Challenges
Mention 'urban' to discuss social issues specific to cities, like housing or public transportation.
Urban challenges include traffic congestion and affordable housing.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller. This is similar to the changes dogs went through when they became domesticated.
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How to understand power...
Urban parents demand school vouchers. You may support these efforts or not. Whether you get what you want depends on how adept you are with power, which brings us finally to what you can do to become more powerful in public life. Here, it's useful to think in terms of literacy.
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Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
that we rely on for food is going up in price. So honeybees are important for their role in the economy as well as in agriculture. Here you can see some pictures of what are called green roofs, or urban agriculture. We're familiar with the image on the left that shows
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Cloudy climate change:...
also known as particle nucleation. Aerosols are everywhere in the atmosphere, and they can block out the sun in polluted urban environments, or bathe distant mountains in a blue haze. More importantly, a cloud droplet cannot form without an aerosol particle seed.
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Population pyramids:...
and a move from rural to urban living that makes having large families less economically advantageous. Finally, countries in advanced stages of industrialization reach a point where both birth and death rates are low, and the population remains stable
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The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
and observed us the other really exciting moment was when we had set the camera traps up in a few urban areas and we got our first shot of the links using the underpasses that came after weeks and weeks of the camera traps not working and that
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Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
the red fox is known for its adaptability and is now a species of our urban environments just as much as the rural countryside but despite their intelligence and versatile nature these beautiful creatures sometimes need our help
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Chasing a Mountain Lion...
cameras are remote cameras are setting nightly angle it down the single hardest thing about working in this park is finding locations where you see urban wildlife and the city we walk the trails
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
in search of jobs and a better life Maura Brenda's keep moving to the city this is a global trend in urban slums around the world the population is set
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Cities That Are Saving...
are now full of life creepers have been planted to grow over the outermost branches this is a new urban world that we have
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
These foxes have actually started to change. Their noses are getting a bit shorter to adapt to their more urban lifestyles of scavenging. And that's not all. Their skulls are actually changing shape in a way that could mean their brains are getting smaller. This is similar to the changes dogs went through when they became domesticated.
Video examples
How to understand power...
Urban parents demand school vouchers. You may support these efforts or not. Whether you get what you want depends on how adept you are with power, which brings us finally to what you can do to become more powerful in public life. Here, it's useful to think in terms of literacy.
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
that we rely on for food is going up in price. So honeybees are important for their role in the economy as well as in agriculture. Here you can see some pictures of what are called green roofs, or urban agriculture. We're familiar with the image on the left that shows
Video examples
Cloudy climate change:...
also known as particle nucleation. Aerosols are everywhere in the atmosphere, and they can block out the sun in polluted urban environments, or bathe distant mountains in a blue haze. More importantly, a cloud droplet cannot form without an aerosol particle seed.
Video examples
Population pyramids:...
and a move from rural to urban living that makes having large families less economically advantageous. Finally, countries in advanced stages of industrialization reach a point where both birth and death rates are low, and the population remains stable
Video examples
The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
and observed us the other really exciting moment was when we had set the camera traps up in a few urban areas and we got our first shot of the links using the underpasses that came after weeks and weeks of the camera traps not working and that
Video examples
Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
the red fox is known for its adaptability and is now a species of our urban environments just as much as the rural countryside but despite their intelligence and versatile nature these beautiful creatures sometimes need our help
Video examples
Chasing a Mountain Lion...
cameras are remote cameras are setting nightly angle it down the single hardest thing about working in this park is finding locations where you see urban wildlife and the city we walk the trails
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
in search of jobs and a better life Maura Brenda's keep moving to the city this is a global trend in urban slums around the world the population is set
Video examples
Cities That Are Saving...
are now full of life creepers have been planted to grow over the outermost branches this is a new urban world that we have
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
George Packer
American Novelist
Abstract sympathy with the working class as an economic entity is easy, but the feeling can vanish on contact with actual members of the group, who often arrive with disturbing beliefs and powerful resentments - who might not sound or look like people urban progressives want to know.
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Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
Casting directors said that I look like an urban girl with sharp features. Maybe that is true, but we are living at a time where a lot of advanced make-up techniques are available.
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No I.D.
American Musician
There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't make it good. If it's good, it's good.
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John Burroughs
American Author
The country is more of a wilderness, more of a wild solitude, in the winter than in the summer. The wild comes out. The urban, the cultivated, is hidden or negatived.
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Yves Behar
Swiss Designer
Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
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Renzo Piano
Italian Architect
London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.
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Maxine Waters
American Politician
How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.
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David Lammy
British Politician
I certainly knew the hard side of urban life, stop-and-search.
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Brandon T. Jackson
American Comedian
I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world.
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Vikrant Massey
Indian Actor
I've hardly ever played urban characters.
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George Packer
American Novelist
Abstract sympathy with the working class as an economic entity is easy, but the feeling can vanish on contact with actual members of the group, who often arrive with disturbing beliefs and powerful resentments - who might not sound or look like people urban progressives want to know.
Quote examples
Nushrat Bharucha
Indian Actress
Casting directors said that I look like an urban girl with sharp features. Maybe that is true, but we are living at a time where a lot of advanced make-up techniques are available.
Quote examples
No I.D.
American Musician
There's this concept in urban music and lifestyle that money is everything, and I'm just not with it. If it makes money, it doesn't make it good. If it's good, it's good.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
The country is more of a wilderness, more of a wild solitude, in the winter than in the summer. The wild comes out. The urban, the cultivated, is hidden or negatived.
Quote examples
Yves Behar
Swiss Designer
Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
Quote examples
Renzo Piano
Italian Architect
London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design.
Quote examples
Maxine Waters
American Politician
How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.
Quote examples
David Lammy
British Politician
I certainly knew the hard side of urban life, stop-and-search.
Quote examples
Brandon T. Jackson
American Comedian
I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world.
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Vikrant Massey
Indian Actor
I've hardly ever played urban characters.
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